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  • August 27, 2003 | The Recorder

    Trade Secrets Triumph in DVD Code Fight

    California courts can prevent Web sites from posting computer code revealing trade secrets without fear of trampling basic free speech rights, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.The

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  • March 23, 2009 | The Recorder

    Federal Circuit OKs Streamlining Patents

    SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office didn't overstep its authority when it made controversial changes to the rules for filing patents, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Ap

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  • August 25, 2006 | The Recorder

    Corporate Governance

    The SEC and Department of Justice have recently filed enforcement actions relating to stock option backdating. Numerous companies have announced internal investigations. Reports of correlation

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  • April 28, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Broad View of Limitations Period Preserves Merck Suit

    WASHINGTON - In a rare boost for securities fraud class actions, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday closed off a "statute of limitations" defense for Merck & Co. in its battle against V

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  • May 22, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Lawyers and Technology: Getting Big With Technology

    The folks at Memphis, Tenn.-based Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell aren't coy about their plans for the firm. "We want to have 400 to 500 lawyers very soon," says Charles Tuggle, the ch

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  • August 5, 2010 | The Recorder

    Supremes Hand Win to Workers with Google Age Bias Ruling

    SAN FRANCISCO — In a win for workers, the state Supreme Court sided with a former Google Inc. executive who said management and co-workers derided him for his age before firing him becaus

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  • October 30, 2001 | The Recorder

    Legal Tender

    With the city attorney campaign entering the homestretch, several law firms are sending contributions to their candidates of choice in generous bunches.Plaintiffs firms Milberg W

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  • July 17, 2002 | The Recorder

    Circuit Panelists Clash Over Detentions

    Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher on Tuesday called on lawyers to defend those swept up in the U.S. government's war on terrorism.Speaking on a panel at the 9th U.S. C

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  • November 24, 2003 | The Recorder

    Lawyers See Green in Nanotech Bills

    Lawyers are salivating over a bill that will pump $3.6 billion into developing the nanotechnology industry over the next four years.Late last week, Congress cleared the "21st Century N

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  • December 28, 2006 | The Recorder

    Legal Clinic Benefits from Network Effect

    In 1988, when a group of students at Boalt Hall School of Law set out to launch a legal services clinic for the poor, they scraped together just enough money to rent a small workspace in south

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